THE ELECTRIFYING ARETHA

1LP

RM

Newly mastered from the original analog tapes, The Electrifying Aretha Franklin indeed electrified audiences when it was released in 1962, winning Aretha top honors in DownBeat magazine's prestigious listeners' poll. Aretha's brief output for Columbia set the stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records. One can easily hear her divinely inspired soul fire, emerging interpretative grace and vocal sophistication.

Side A

1. You Made Me Love You
2. I Told You So
3. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
4. Nobody Like You
5. Exactly Like You
6. It's So Heartbreakin'

Side B

1. Rough Lover
2. Blue Holiday
3. Just For You
4. That Lucky Old Sun
5. I Surrender, Dear
6. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive

After releasing the Aretha Franklin deluxe set (out of print) last year, we are reissuing one high in-demand LP that was included in that set: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin.

Newly mastered from the original analog tapes, The Electrifying Aretha Franklin indeed electrified audiences when it was released in 1962, winning Aretha top honors in DownBeat magazine's prestigious listeners' poll. Aretha's brief output for Columbia set the stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records. One can easily hear her divinely inspired soul fire, emerging interpretative grace and vocal sophistication.